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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-appointment-monopolies-and-mergers-commission-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1162",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Appointment (Monopolies and Mergers Commission) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-appointment-monopolies-and-mergers-commission-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 7th July 1989\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 1989\nComing into force 1st September 1989\nWhereas the Secretary of State considers the provisions of these Regulations appropriate for regulating the procedure to be followed with respect to certain references to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission pursuant to the Water Act 1989;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 14(7) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 15"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1162/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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